Project template for founders
Year-end close checklist with every task dated from the day you start
Accounts, the annual return, tax, the AGM paperwork: the year closed in six weeks.
- 3 sections
- 11 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Year-end close
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Close the books
- Every invoice, expense and bank line for the year capturedDay 8High
- Fixed assets and depreciation listedDay 11
- Loans and director's accounts reconciledDay 11
- Send the year to the accountantDay 15High
Accounts and AGM
- Draft accounts back from the accountantDay 36
- Review the accounts and signDay 41High
- AGM held or the waiver signedDay 43
Filings
- Annual return filedDay 46UrgentConfirmation:
- Estimated chargeable income filedDay 46HighConfirmation:
- Corporate tax return filedDay 121UrgentConfirmation:
- Pay the corporate secretary and the accountantDay 51
About this template
The financial year ends and four deadlines start ticking. This project runs them in order: close the books, get the accounts done, hold or waive the AGM, file the annual return, file the tax. Dated from the year-end.
Tips from the template
- Apply it on your financial year-end date.
- The accountant and the secretary need the same documents; send them once, together.
- Note each filing's confirmation number in its task.
How to use it in ActivityTracker
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Year-end close and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Run it with the dates filled in.
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